Measuring the dynamics of an XXZ quantum simulator and controlling collapse through symmetries

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02468v1
• Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:34:36 GMT
• Title: Measuring the dynamics of an XXZ quantum simulator and controlling collapse through symmetries
• Authors: D. J. Papoular,
• Abstract summary: We consider the quantum simulation of a spin Hamiltonian whose twelve sites are arranged in a planar configuration with high spatial symmetry.<n>We compare different initial states evolving under the Heisenberg or XXZ Hamiltonians.<n>We identify four different regimes for the time evolution of the probabilities: these may be constant, vary sinusoidally in time, evolve aperiodically, or collapse.
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• Abstract: We theoretically consider the quantum simulation of a spin Hamiltonian whose twelve sites are arranged in a planar configuration with high spatial symmetry, $D_{6h}$. We map the system onto an effective fermionic Hamiltonian and identify its symmetry group. Comparing different initial states evolving under the Heisenberg or XXZ Hamiltonians, we analyze the impact of symmetry on the probability distribution for the outcomes of a measurement in a given basis, as a function of the evolution time. The considered measurement basis resolves only a part of the symmetries of the Hamiltonian. We show that, for suitable choices of the initial state, unresolved symmetries make some configurations equiprobable. We identify four different regimes for the time evolution of the probabilities: these may be constant, vary sinusoidally in time, evolve aperiodically, or collapse. We propose an experimentally accessible scheme which exploits quantum parallelism to probe these regimes efficiently.

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